See mwetsa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"applicative",
"verb"
],
"word": "-mwetsera"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"sense": "Negative",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "-samwetsa"
}
],
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{
"args": {
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"2": "mwa",
"3": "-etsa",
"t1": "to drink",
"t2": "causative suffix for monosyllabic verbs"
},
"expansion": "mwa (“to drink”) + -etsa (“causative suffix for monosyllabic verbs”)",
"name": "af"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tum",
"2": "mweska",
"3": "-mweska",
"4": "to cause someone to drink"
},
"expansion": "Tumbuka -mweska (“to cause someone to drink”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yao",
"2": "mwesya",
"3": "-mwesya",
"4": "to cause to drink"
},
"expansion": "Yao -mwesya (“to cause to drink”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "nywesha",
"3": "-nywesha"
},
"expansion": "Swahili -nywesha",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From mwa (“to drink”) + -etsa (“causative suffix for monosyllabic verbs”). Cognate with Tumbuka -mweska (“to cause someone to drink”) and Yao -mwesya (“to cause to drink”). Also cognate with Swahili -nywesha which comes from the main Proto-Bantu stem.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-mwetsa",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "kumwétsa",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ny",
"2": "verb",
"3": "infinitive",
"4": "kumwétsa",
"head": "-mwetsa"
},
"expansion": "-mwetsa (infinitive kumwétsa)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mwetsa"
},
"expansion": "-mwetsa (infinitive kumwétsa)",
"name": "ny-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Chichewa",
"lang_code": "ny",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "17 17 17 17 17 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 17 17 17 17 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chichewa terms suffixed with -etsa",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 17 17 17 17 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 17 17 17 17 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Causative form of -mwa:",
"to cause to drink"
],
"id": "en-mwetsa-ny-verb-vYuk~h2h",
"links": [
[
"-mwa",
"mwa#Chichewa"
],
[
"drink",
"drink"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "17 17 17 17 17 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 17 17 17 17 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chichewa terms suffixed with -etsa",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 17 17 17 17 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 17 17 17 17 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Causative form of -mwa:",
"to give someone a liquid to drink"
],
"id": "en-mwetsa-ny-verb-eHd6Ahpb",
"links": [
[
"-mwa",
"mwa#Chichewa"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "17 17 17 17 17 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 17 17 17 17 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chichewa terms suffixed with -etsa",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 17 17 17 17 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 17 17 17 17 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Causative form of -mwa:",
"to water"
],
"id": "en-mwetsa-ny-verb-oqB9ean3",
"links": [
[
"-mwa",
"mwa#Chichewa"
],
[
"water",
"water"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "17 17 17 17 17 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 17 17 17 17 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chichewa terms suffixed with -etsa",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 17 17 17 17 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 17 17 17 17 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Causative form of -mwa:",
"to fill"
],
"id": "en-mwetsa-ny-verb-1KAoVXHh",
"links": [
[
"-mwa",
"mwa#Chichewa"
],
[
"fill",
"fill"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "17 17 17 17 17 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 17 17 17 17 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chichewa terms suffixed with -etsa",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 17 17 17 17 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 17 17 17 17 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Causative form of -mwa:",
"to drink a lot"
],
"id": "en-mwetsa-ny-verb-HpGIztm4",
"links": [
[
"-mwa",
"mwa#Chichewa"
],
[
"drink",
"drink"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Causative form of -mwa:",
"(intensive) to drink a lot"
],
"tags": [
"emphatic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "17 17 17 17 17 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 17 17 17 17 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chichewa terms suffixed with -etsa",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 17 17 17 17 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 17 17 17 17 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Causative form of -mwa:",
"to inebriate"
],
"id": "en-mwetsa-ny-verb---T8IRLp",
"links": [
[
"-mwa",
"mwa#Chichewa"
],
[
"inebriate",
"inebriate"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmʷe.t͡sa/"
}
],
"word": "mwetsa"
}
{
"categories": [
"Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
"Chichewa lemmas",
"Chichewa terms suffixed with -etsa",
"Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Chichewa verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"tags": [
"applicative",
"verb"
],
"word": "-mwetsera"
},
{
"sense": "Negative",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "-samwetsa"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ny",
"2": "mwa",
"3": "-etsa",
"t1": "to drink",
"t2": "causative suffix for monosyllabic verbs"
},
"expansion": "mwa (“to drink”) + -etsa (“causative suffix for monosyllabic verbs”)",
"name": "af"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tum",
"2": "mweska",
"3": "-mweska",
"4": "to cause someone to drink"
},
"expansion": "Tumbuka -mweska (“to cause someone to drink”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yao",
"2": "mwesya",
"3": "-mwesya",
"4": "to cause to drink"
},
"expansion": "Yao -mwesya (“to cause to drink”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "nywesha",
"3": "-nywesha"
},
"expansion": "Swahili -nywesha",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From mwa (“to drink”) + -etsa (“causative suffix for monosyllabic verbs”). Cognate with Tumbuka -mweska (“to cause someone to drink”) and Yao -mwesya (“to cause to drink”). Also cognate with Swahili -nywesha which comes from the main Proto-Bantu stem.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "-mwetsa",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "kumwétsa",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ny",
"2": "verb",
"3": "infinitive",
"4": "kumwétsa",
"head": "-mwetsa"
},
"expansion": "-mwetsa (infinitive kumwétsa)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mwetsa"
},
"expansion": "-mwetsa (infinitive kumwétsa)",
"name": "ny-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Chichewa",
"lang_code": "ny",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Chichewa causative verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"Causative form of -mwa:",
"to cause to drink"
],
"links": [
[
"-mwa",
"mwa#Chichewa"
],
[
"drink",
"drink"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Chichewa causative verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"Causative form of -mwa:",
"to give someone a liquid to drink"
],
"links": [
[
"-mwa",
"mwa#Chichewa"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Chichewa causative verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"Causative form of -mwa:",
"to water"
],
"links": [
[
"-mwa",
"mwa#Chichewa"
],
[
"water",
"water"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Chichewa causative verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"Causative form of -mwa:",
"to fill"
],
"links": [
[
"-mwa",
"mwa#Chichewa"
],
[
"fill",
"fill"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Chichewa causative verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"Causative form of -mwa:",
"to drink a lot"
],
"links": [
[
"-mwa",
"mwa#Chichewa"
],
[
"drink",
"drink"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Causative form of -mwa:",
"(intensive) to drink a lot"
],
"tags": [
"emphatic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Chichewa causative verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"Causative form of -mwa:",
"to inebriate"
],
"links": [
[
"-mwa",
"mwa#Chichewa"
],
[
"inebriate",
"inebriate"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmʷe.t͡sa/"
}
],
"word": "mwetsa"
}
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